Jobs at Sheltering Arms Children and Family Services, Inc.

Youth Counselor, Safe Haven Harlem

Location: Harlem, NY

Department: Youth Services

Type: Full Time

Min. Experience: Entry Level

Sheltering Arms strengthens the education, wellbeing, and development of high-need children, adults, and families across the New York metro area. We serve nearly 20,000 people a year from the South Bronx to Far Rockaway. Through compassion, innovation, and partnership, we respond to our community’s greatest needs and enable individuals to reach the greatest heights of their potential. Joining our team is an opportunity to collaborate with hundreds of dedicated colleagues who represent diverse backgrounds and talents as we work together to make a measurable impact for our neighbors in need. Every role at Sheltering Arms brings with it new opportunities for advancement and development so that team members can achieve their professional goals while helping others reach for theirs.

Sheltering Arms is seeking to hire Youth Counselors for our Harlem location. The Youth Counselor provides a safe, secure, non-judgmental, respectful and supportive living environment for all residents. The Youth Counselor provides ongoing support and encouragement to all residents while enforcing a structured environment The Youth Counselor will provide skill building workshops to enhance independent living skills. The Youth Counselor will be responsible for the oversight of the residents and location. This position requires self-initiative, creativity an ability to work independently.

Essential Functions

Facilitates, develops and participates in skill building programs and provides coaching.

Provide non-judgmental listening and encouragement to all youth.

Maintain professional boundaries with all youth.

Monitor residents and household operations while on shift.

Answer telephone courteously; taking clear concise messages.

Log all appropriate information in the logbook also log referrals and intakes.

It is the policy of Sheltering Arms that the Agency wholly complies with the equal treatment of all employees and applicants for employment without unlawful discrimination as to an individual’s perceived or actual race, creed, color, national origin, alienate, citizenship status, gender, gender identity, age, disability, marital status, partnership status, sexual orientation, ethnicity, religion, or veteran status in all employment decisions, including but not limited to recruitment, hiring, compensation, training and apprenticeship, promotion, upgrading, demotion, downgrading, transfer, layoff and termination and all other terms and conditions of employment.

Physical Requirements: Must have the ability to complete all standard administrative and support tasks including but not limited to climbing up and down stairs, operation of computers/phones/fax/printer/copy machine, and the ability to lift boxes, furniture, and equipment up to 30lbs. Must be able to travel from the various locations and sites of Sheltering Arms Children and Family Services